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SAFETY OPERATION
BRUSH PREPARATION
Inspecting and organizing the brush prior to chipping will allow the job to be performed more efficiently
and provide added safety in performing the job by minimizing the danger of foreign material, vines, etc
from entering the chipper. Pre-trimming and proper de-limbing will allow the brush to be drawn easily
through the chipper.
Inspect all brush for all non-wood materials such as metal, glass or stone. Feeding
such materials into the chipper will not only damage the cutting blades, but they can
even shatter the blades. These blade fragments CAN cause serious personal in-
jury, death and/or property damage.
Remove vines from the material being chipped. Do not leave vines in the area
around the chipper and DO NOT ATTEMPT to place vines into the chipper. Mate-
rial entangled in vines CAN result in personnel becoming entangled, resulting in
SERIOUS injury or DEATH. Vines may hide foreign materials that CAN cause
equipment damage. Vines wrapping around the disc CAN result in bearing failure.
1. Arrange trees, tree limbs or brush with the cut ends facing the chipper infeed chute.
2. Do Not cut trees, tree limbs or brush into short pieces, i.e. short logs or sticks.
3. Do cut trees, tree limbs or brush into lengths that can be safely handled. This will reduce the
number of pieces that have to be fed into the chipper and the time required to perform the
job. Cut wood at an angle to help ease the feed rollers open and to facilitate feeding. Chipper
performance is best when the feed wheels are securely gripping the material as it is feeding into
the cutting disc.
Be sure to cut all trees, tree limbs and brush into lengths that can be safelyhandled.
DO NOT attempt to lift material that is too heavy to be lifted safely. Serious back
injury CAN result from attempting to lift material that is too heavy or from improper
lifting techniques. ALWAYS keep your back straight when lifting and lift with your legs.
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